Cinnamon Roll Day or Cinnamon Bun Day ( sv, Kanelbullens dag, fi, Korvapuustipäivä) falls on 4 October each year. It is an annual theme day created for marketing purposes in

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that was instituted in 1999 by Kaeth Gardestedt. At the time, she was a project manager for Home Baking Council (''Hembakningsrådet'') which was historically a trade group supported by

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manufacturers,

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producers,

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manufacturers, and

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manufacturers, and is now supported by the Dansukker brand of sugar.

Cultural role

The purpose of the celebration is to increase attention on Swedish baking traditions, with a particular focus on cinnamon buns, and to increase the consumption of yeast, flour, sugar, and margarine. The day is promoted through advertising signs in shops and cafés. Every year,

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stores around the world also commemorate the day by having promotions for Cinnamon buns on the month of October. Cinnamon buns are also featured in community events among Swedes in

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and at the

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. Most official food celebrations are minor events that receive little attention, but the Swedish adoption of Cinnamon Roll Day has been unusually popular.{{cn, date=October 2022

Date

Cinnamon Roll Day is celebrated on 4 October because the Home Baking Council did not want the day to compete with other food traditions, such as sweet

semla A semla, vastlakukkel, laskiaispulla, fastlagsbulle/fastelavnsbolle or vēja kūkas is a traditional sweet roll made in various forms in Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Norway, Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Iceland and Latvia, associated with Lent and e ...

buns, which are served in Sweden on

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. In Sweden,

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is celebrated on the first Monday of October. "A thought with Cinnamon Roll Day was that it would be a day of thoughtfulness".Mattias Axelsso
Varför är kanelbullens dag den 4 oktober?
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* http://kanelbullensdag.se/en/ Recurring events established in 1999 October observances Pastries Cinnamon Swedish culture Finnish culture Holiday foods

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